Intestinal epithelium of pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus, Holmberg 1887) and dourado (Salminus brasiliensis, Cuvier 1816) juveniles fed diet containing lyophilized bovine colostrum

Author(s)

Thaline Maira Pachelli da Cruz

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Piracicaba.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC)
• Defense date: 2013-12-11

Examining board members

Raul Machado Neto; José Eurico Possebon Cyrino; Elisabeth Criscuolo Urbinati

• Advisor: Raul Machado Neto

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of lyophilized bovine colostrum (LBC), used as partial source of protein in the diet, on the histological characteristics of the intestinal epithelium of juvenile pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) and juvenile dourado (Salminus brasiliensis). Juveniles were distributed in a completely randomized design in a factorial scheme 3x2. Three diets were used with different levels of LBC inclusion (0%, 10% and 20%) and two experimental periods (30 and 60 days) offered twice daily until apparent satiation. For the histological study, the intestine was divided into three segments, S1, S2 and rectum to the pacu and S1, S2 and posterior intestine to the dourado. The muscle layer thickness; the mucosal absorptive volume (Vv); the number of goblet cells containing acidic and neutral mucins and the acidic subtypes - sialomucin and sulphomucin were evaluated. In juvenile pacu, the inclusion of 20% of LBC changed the distribution of goblet cells containing acidic, neutral and total mucins, the subtypes sialomucins and sulphomucins, and the thickness of the muscle layer, while the Vv was affected only by the experimental period. In juvenile dourado, effect of experimental period was observed for goblet cells containing acidic, neutral and total mucins and subtypes sialomucins, sulphomucins, thickness of muscle layer and Vv. The addition of 10% of LBC affected only Vv in the segment S1. Considering the aspects studied, the presence of lyophilized bovine colostrum in the diet influenced, in the period studied, the enteric histological characteristics of juvenile pacu, while the juvenile dourado influence of this lacteal secretion was not observed. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/01855-7 - Effect of lyophilized bovine colostrum on the histological characteristic of the intestinal tissue of pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus, Holmberg, 1887) and dourado (Salminus brasiliensis, Cuvier, 1816) juveniles
• Grantee: Thaline Maira Pachelli da Cruz
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master